Preface; Purpose Of This Manual; Intended Audience - Analog Devices VisualDSP++ 5.0 Service Manual

PREFACE

Thank you for purchasing Analog Devices, Inc. development software for
Analog Devices embedded processors.

Purpose of This Manual

The VisualDSP++ 5.0 Update 4 Device Drivers and System Services Manual
for Blackfin Processors contains information about the Analog Devices
device driver model and system services library suite. Included are archi-
tectural descriptions of the device driver design and each system service
component. Also included is a description of the API calls into each
library.

Intended Audience

The primary audience for this manual is a programmer who is familiar
with Analog Devices Blackfin® processors. This manual assumes the audi-
ence has a working knowledge of the appropriate processor architecture
and instruction set. Programmers who are unfamiliar with Analog Devices
processors can use this manual, but should supplement it with other texts,
such as hardware reference and programming reference manuals, that
describe their target architecture.
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